Saturday 25 June 2011

Bram and Celine came over from Holland and tackled all sorts of hard work with humour and surprising enthusiasm.  Enough wood stored now for half the winter - a cleared patch for the hens to forage in, with a fire-break the fox has to cross before reaching his dinner - all very good.  Bram and Celine also started clearing a massive bramble from the "fruit cage" - plenty more to be done there but the reward is lots of bright fat sweet fruit for the jam pan and freezer.
We also took a breather to check the hay meadows - the recent rain has given a bit of growth but not enough.  If I cut it this short, most of the leaf will fall to the ground and not be picked up by the machinery (that I still have to use).  So we have to wait again - need some warm sun again, like we had in April - hope it grows enough before it goes stalky and poor!  No such thing as a happy farmer, of course.  Except when wwoofers do as well as this.
(The blog lists jobs and problems - but we forget those in the evening - we have a good laugh over dinner, sit round and swap stories and ideas.  Best part of having wwoofers - nearly.)

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